From portfolios to pizza, fall A&S career events explore diverse fields
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New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
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Moral psychology summer institute hosted at Cornell
Directed by College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) faculty in psychology and philosophy, the NEH-funded institute featured presentations from many leading figures in moral psychology, which studies human thought and behavior in ethical contexts
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Augustine was ‘wrong about slavery’: Book reexamines key figure
Assistant professor Toni Alimi traces the connections between Augustine’s understanding of slavery and his broader thoughts.
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What a Harris candidacy means: Cornell experts weigh in.
As Vice President Kamala Harris garners crucial support for her presidential campaign, Cornell University experts discuss the potential implications and challenges she might face.
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Pinkonomics Podcast covers women in the economy
Arundhati Singh approached the task using game theory and logic, to “strategize how women can go forward in this economic game that we seem to be stuck with."
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A&S honors 10 faculty with endowed professorships
With these new appointments, the number of A&S faculty appointed to endowed professorships since fall 2018 has reached 76.
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The cascading effect of a 19th-century professorship 
Many generations of Sage professors have established a lasting legacy in Cornell’s history and have deeply influenced the study of philosophy and psychology worldwide.
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Philosophy events
Sep
08
Sunday
10:00 AM
Cornell Workshop on Mind and Value III - The Self in the Space of Reasons
Myron Taylor Hall
Zhu Faculty Workshop room (L28)
Sep
13
Friday
05:00 PM
Philosophy Department Reception
Goldwin Smith Hall
Department of History of Art and Visual Studies, Ruth Woolsey Findley History of Art Gallery
Sep
20
Friday
03:00 PM
Ethics Colloquium: Laura Valentini (Ludwig Maximilians Universität)
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Sep
27
Friday
04:45 PM
James Warren (University of Cambridge)
Physical Sciences Building
120
Oct
04
Friday
03:00 PM
Philosophy Discussion Club: Hanna Pickard (Johns Hopkins)
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Oct
07
Monday
02:00 PM
PHIL 6290 Proseminar: Sarah Byers, Boston College
Uris Hall
260
Oct
14
Monday
12:00 AM
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Campus-wide
Oct
16
Wednesday
12:00 AM
Instruction Resumes
Campus-wide
Oct
18
Friday
03:00 PM
Philosophy Discussion Club: Alison Simmons, Harvard
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Ethics & Public Life
The Cornell Program on Ethics and Public Life promotes interdisciplinary learning about morally central questions concerning public policies and social, political and economic processes.